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Casa indipendente in Via Padre Gamalero 36

Castelspina, Piemonte
Bedrooms
2
Baths
1
m²
76
Plot m²
80
Price per m²
€618
Property type
Country house
Rooms
3 locali

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Condition not stated in the listing
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Why this price is what it is

At €618/m², the asking price is already 84% above the local €336/m² reference; allowing roughly €700/m² for unspecified renovation pushes the effective cost near €1,318/m². The listing is silent about condition and proposes a rent-to-buy arrangement, so the legal and financial terms require careful verification.

More on the house and the area
What the photos show

This is a genuine, usable small house rather than a ruin, with a functional kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, living area, garage, and courtyard. It is practical and affordable but has little proven scenic or historic appeal, and the dated finishes keep it well below the dream-home tier.

Minimum to live in it€350–500/m²
€27,000 – €38,000

Certified wiring, water and drainage, a heat source, a roof that keeps the water out, one working bathroom. Facade, insulation, a second bathroom and the floors wait.

This house
Comfortable
€46,000 – €68,000

All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.

Our read of the photos, €700/m², falls in this band.

Full€1,200–1,500/m²
€91,000 – €114,000

Turnkey, facade and insulation included.

Materials only, work you may do yourself€15,000 – €27,000

Wiring, water and sanitary work of any kind, heating, air conditioning and gas go to a registered firm by law, and so do flues and the air openings for gas appliances. That labour stays in the bill. Yours is the stripping out, plaster, paint, floors, tiling and carpentry.

Labour is 61% of a renovation price on average and 67% at the median, across 191 items of the Emilia-Romagna 2025 public price list. Materials are the rest. An averaged price list, not a quote.

Materials you buy yourself carry 22% VAT; supplied by the firm doing the work they go at the 10% renovation rate. On a €30,000 materials bill that is €3,600 of extra tax.

Household wiring installed before 13 March 1990 counts as compliant if it has a main breaker with overcurrent protection, protection against direct contact and a 30 mA RCD. Having a firm bring the existing wiring up to that and certify it is the cheapest lawful route.

Asking price + this range
€93,000 – €115,000
What worries us about this house
  • Interiors are dated and visually plain, with likely cosmetic updating needed.
  • The description mentions potential additional rooms upstairs, but their current condition is not shown.
  • Sale is proposed as a rent-to-own arrangement, so terms need careful verification.

Estimate from the listing and its photos, not a survey. Treat it as the starting point for your own quotes. An Italian builder's quote is normally written without VAT and without design fees, so add about a quarter to any figure a firm gives you.

The area around

Location score 39/100

The area sits in the Bormida plain around Alessandria, with flat to gently rolling agricultural land and the Bormida river system close by. Alessandria is the nearest town of size and has the full range of everyday services, rail connections and a substantial historic centre. To the south and west, beyond the immediate 15 km landscape, the Monferrato hills and the Langhe are part of the wider province and region, but they are not the dominant setting here. This part of Piemonte is known for mixed farming and for its position on the road and rail corridor between Turin, Genoa and the lower Po plain.

The comune of Castelspina
People living here
384
-7.1% between the 2011 and 2021 census
Over 65
33%
7.7% are under 14
Flood zone
0.7%
of residents live in a medium-risk flood area
How far to everything
To the sea
44 km
Nearest airport
71 min drive
Nearest city
23 min drive
Property address:Via Padre gamalero 36
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Asking price

€47,000
Deal score
38/100
Dream
27/100
Wow
56/100

Listed 18/10/2026